Debian 4.0r3 for s/390, network install problem

[Ventura]

I am trying to do a network install of Debian 4.0r3 and unfortunately
I am receiving a message about modules unavailable.

This the part of installation dialog with the messages.
//----------------------------------------------------------------
No kernel modules were found. This probably is due to a mismatch
between the kernel used by this version of the installer and the
kernel version available in the archive.
If you're installing from a mirror, you can work around this problem
by choosing to install a different version of Debian.
The install will probably fail to work if you continue without
kernel modules. Continue the install without loading kernel modules?

<Go Back> <Yes> <No>
//-----------------------------------------------------------------


The web log I have:

Jun 28 13:57:00 anna[936]: WARNING **: no packages for kernel in
archive

Have anybody ever had this problem or have any idea ???

Thanks in advance,
Jorge Ventura

[Bastian Blank]

Post by Ventura
Jun 28 13:57:00 anna[936]: WARNING **: no packages for kernel in
archive
Have anybody ever had this problem or have any idea ???

You probably use an old installer image. This images are updated for new
kernels. Fetch yourself a new one from
http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-s390/current/images/.

Bastian

[Ventura]

Post by Bastian Blank

Post by Ventura
Jun 28 13:57:00 anna[936]: WARNING **: no packages for kernel in
archive
Have anybody ever had this problem or have any idea ???

You probably use an old installer image. This images are updated for new
kernels. Fetch yourself a new one fromhttp://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-s390/curren....
Bastian
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I am already using this files.

[Ventura]

Post by Bastian Blank

Post by Ventura
Jun 28 13:57:00 anna[936]: WARNING **: no packages for kernel in
archive
Have anybody ever had this problem or have any idea ???

You probably use an old installer image. This images are updated for new
kernels. Fetch yourself a new one fromhttp://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-s390/curren....
Bastian
--
It is a human characteristic to love little animals, especially if
they're attractive in some way.
-- McCoy, "The Trouble with Tribbles", stardate 4525.6
--

Let me give more details about what I am doing.
1. I did a download of ISO dvd-1 for Linux Debian S390.
2. Prepare a local repository with this DVD. The idea with
the local repository is to track the log in the Linux 390 and
in the repository.
3. Configure the repository with Apache2 and sign Release file
to have Release.gpg signed by me. This is necessary for network
install.
4. Do IPL with the following parameters at hercules.cfg (I am using
hercules-3.0.5):
000C 3505 ./rdr/linux_vm ./rdr/parmfile ./rdr/root.bin
autopad eof
All files come from DVD.
5. Configure the network during the Linux 390 IPL until receive the

Post by Bastian Blank
Start SSH
To continue the installation, please use an SSH client to connect to the IP
address 192.168.2.5 and log in as the "installer" user.
2c:b3:d5:ef:ba:1d:46:6c:3b:1d:43:68:6e:73:3a:53
Please check this carefully against the fingerprint reported by your SSH
client.
Press enter to continue!

6. I do ssh ***@192.168.2.10 and receive the terminal to
continue the installation.
7. Go to shell and install my archive.gpg to force the installation
accept my local repository. The repository is made using the
DVD-1 for S390. I did this repository for i386 and work fine.

Post by Bastian Blank
/usr/share/keyrings # rm archive.gpg
/usr/share/keyrings # wget http://192.168.2.103/debian-1/trustedkeys.gpg
Connecting to 192.168.2.103[192.168.2.103]:80
trustedkeys.gpg 100% |**************************************************************| 1176 00:00 ETA
/usr/share/keyrings # mv trustedkeys.gpg archive.gpg

8. Now, I am ready to continue the installation from "Star menu" and
the system
ask me for "[!] Choose a mirror of the Debian archive" and I
answer
"enter information manually" to 192.168.2.103.
After this point, I get the following messages in the syslog of

Post by Bastian Blank
Jun 29 20:38:20 choose-mirror[694]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://192.168.2.103/debian-1//dists/etch/Release -O - | grep ^Suite: | cut -d' ' -f 2
Jun 29 20:38:20 choose-mirror[694]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://192.168.2.103/debian-1//dists/stable/Release -O - | grep ^Codename: | cut -d' ' -f 2
Jun 29 20:38:20 choose-mirror[694]: INFO: codename set to: etch
Jun 29 20:38:20 choose-mirror[694]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://192.168.2.103/debian-1//dists/stable/main/binary-s390/Release -O - | grep Architecture
Jun 29 20:38:20 anna-install: Queueing udeb etch-support for later installation
Jun 29 20:38:20 main-menu[644]: DEBUG: resolver (libc6): package doesn't exist (ignored)
Jun 29 20:38:21 main-menu[644]: INFO: Menu item 'download-installer' selected
Jun 29 20:38:22 net-retriever: gpgv: Signature made Sat Jun 28 12:15:43 2008 UTC using DSA key ID D6518C9D
Jun 29 20:38:26 anna[739]: WARNING **: no packages for kernel in archive

The installation do not go ahead from this point and ask me for
another repository.

The uname -a give me:
Linux linux390 2.6.18-6-s390 #1 SMP Sat Jan 26 08:41:55 UTC 2008 s390
unknown

And the directory with modules of RAM disk is:
/lib/modules/2.6.18-6-s390

I tried to install from a remote repository and it's worse, the
installation stop without any
message.

Thanks.